Editing Eureka Rebellion (section)

====Hotham replaces La Trobe====

La Trobe's successor as lieutenant-governor, Sir [[Charles Hotham]], who took up his commission in Victoria on 22 June 1854.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4794200 |location=Melbourne |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |title=ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. |date=22 June 1854 | access-date=19 May 2022 |page=4 |via=[[Trove]] }}</ref> He instructed Rede to introduce a strict enforcement system and conduct a weekly cycle of licence hunts, which it was hoped would cause the exodus to the goldfields to be reversed.{{sfn|MacFarlane|1995|p=191}} In August 1854, Hotham and his wife were received in Ballarat during a tour of the Victorian goldfields. In September, Hotham imposed more frequent twice-weekly licence hunts, with more than half of the prospectors on the goldfields remaining non-compliant with the regulations.{{sfn|Clark|1987|p=67}}{{sfn|MacFarlane|1995|p=191}}

The miners in Bendigo responded to the increase in the frequency of licence hunts with threats of armed rebellion.{{sfn|Bate|1978|p=55}}